While the Yemeni civil war is still widely seen as a proxy war between the two regional powers, Saudi Arabia and Iran, an intensive attack has been launched by Israel on Iranian positions in neighbouring Syria.
Meanwhile, at least 55 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army in the protests along the Gaza-Israel border over the past weeks, and UAE forces have occupied sea gateways and airport on the Yemeni island of Socotra. Yemeni policy makers say UAE army has occupied the island without informing the government. They have also raised the UEA's flag over buildings across the Yemeni territory, in the aim to expand their presence in the Middle East and Horn of Africa.
In addition to this, as mentioned in my previous post, another proxy war between superpowers is now heating up in Syria: on the one hand we can see Russia, Iran and Turkey, on the other hand, the U.S. are followed by Britain and France in support of Israeli and Saudi Arabia interests in ensuring to stop Iran's regional expansion.
In this perspective, since June 2017 Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE and Baharin have broken diplomatic ties with Qatar, which has improved its relationship with Turkey in economic and military matters. Consequently, the Turkish government is using its ties with Qatar to weaken Saudi influence in the Gulf.
Unfortunately, it seems that regional chaos in the Middle East is set to continue with no solution.
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